Transsubstantiation doesn't
mean that bread & wine turn into the Body and Blood of Christ
"in your tummy" but at the time of consecration. The
Immaculate Conception doesn't mean that Mary "had no natural
father" but that she "was, in the first instant of her
conception, preserved untouched by any hint of original
guilt." & saints aren't "appointed" but
recognized. I don't accept the idea of the Immaculate Conception
& think transubstantiation is an inadequate way to understand the
Real Presence (though certainly better than protestant symbolism) but
that's neither here nor there. If we don't understand the
distinctive beliefs of our fellow Christians we certainly won't do very
well with those of people outside the faith.

Please excuse my gross oversimplifications. However, I find it
hard to conceive where in the digestive processes wine might acquire the
properties of the Diety, or how natural procreation results in anything
other than natural babies. But I'm sure all the Scriptural
referrences have been enumerated. Uh, what are they?

Which brings me back to my earlier point. If we don't have data and
evidence to support it, we shouldn't espouse it, let alone annex it to
our religion and cause our brothers to stumble.